Ruth loves people! Currently leading the youth and student teams, she also serves pastorally, and on Sundays. Married to Andy they have 4 adult children.
We've just started a new series looking at Jesus' teaching and invitation to follow his narrow way. “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” (Matthew 7:13-14)
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This Sunday, guest speaker, Rich Ellwood continues our series 'Walking in Jesus' Narrow Way', by building on last week's talk and speaking to us about community. Rich Ellwood leads Salt and Light Advance, our family of churches, with his wife Anna.
Sanjay Mahtani leads our meeting, and we are also very fortunate to have Anna Ellwood leading us in worship.
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This Sunday, Steve Jones continues our series 'Walking in Jesus' Narrow Way', by speaking to us about community.
Andy & Ruth O'Connell lead our meeting, with Dan & Jenna Wood leading us in worship.
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Please note this talk completes a two-part sermon. Part 1 can be found here.
This Sunday, Sanjay Mahtani continues our series 'Walking in Jesus' Narrow Way', by building on his talk last week and speaking to us about sexuality.
Simon Thomas & Ruth O'Connell lead our meeting, with Elizabeth Clayton leading us in worship
Sanjay references this helpful article that gives real practical tips that build radical, effective community:
How to show up for your friends without kids, and how to show up for kids and their parents
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This Sunday, our normal services resume, and we gather together for our first Sunday of the New Year. Steve Jones is preaching, Andy & Ruth O'Connell lead our meeting, with Elizabeth Clayton leading us in worship.
We are restarting 0-18s activities (Tiny Tots, King's Kids and Youth), after the Christmas break.
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This Sunday, Simon Thomas is continuing our series on the 'Seven Signs in John' by speaking to us about Jesus healing the blind man. Andy & Ruth O'Connell lead our meeting, with Beth Summers leading us in worship.
For Tiny Tots (0-4yrs) there will be a Stay & Play. King's Kids (4-11yrs) will be having a Praise Party this week. Youth (11-18yrs) will be staying in the main meeting.
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This Sunday, Jack speaks to us about the Nations and Church Planting. Andy and Ruth O'Connell lead the meeting, with Elizabeth Clayton leading us in worship.
On 14th May, we will be having a joint service in the afternoon with Lifehouse Community Church, one of our sister churches in Salt & Light Advance.
We are excited to have JB Masinde speaking to us. JB leads Deliverance Church Umoja, Nairobi Kenya, and is one of the spiritual fathers from our international Salt & Light family of churches, and a great preacher!
Mark Eley and Ruth O'Connell lead the meeting, with worship led by Hannah Robertshaw and Elizabeth Clayton.
Please arrive for refreshments from 2.15pm. If you are driving, please park at St Edburg's School, Pioneer Way, Bicester OX26 1BF.
Not livestreamed: We will record the service and upload it on the following Monday.
Imagine the whole of The King's Centre alive with expectation, worship and art! That's the scale of the healing rooms at Bethel Church that run each Saturday morning. Prayer teams arrive early. They were already expectant and joyful to be there from the off. No one needed to drive the pre-event prayer meeting, but everyone knew how to engage with the Holy Spirit and get in step with him for what he wanted to do that day.
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This week, we start a short series looking at 'Boundless Renewal' and what that means to us as individuals, a church and the city.
Steve Jones will be preaching with Andy and Ruth leading the meeting. Worship will be led by Hannah and Elizabeth.